Harry F. Byrd

BROWNS SUMMIT — Mr. Harry F. Byrd, 70, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday morning, August 22, 2007, at Beacon Place- Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, August 24, at Lebanon Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Wright and Rev. Carl Shelton officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Harry F. Byrd was born in Caswell County, November 29, 1936, the son of D.A. Byrd and Vera Walker Byrd. He was a faithful member of Lebanon Baptist Church, where he served as an usher, and was actively involved in his Sunday School Class, Visitation Program and all church activities. Mr. Byrd was a retired truck driver from W.R.E. Color Tech and a U.S. Army veteran.

Harry was preceded in death by his parents, D.A. Byrd and Vera Walker Byrd; three brothers, Roy, Wilbert, and Hassel Byrd; and two sisters, Clara Pope and Edna Byrd.

Mr. Byrd is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Nona Lee Routh of the home; four children, Debbie James and husband, Donnie of Reidsville, Lori Thompson and husband, Randy of Browns Summit, James P. Caruthers, Jr. of Greensboro and Angela Carnell and husband, Robert of Moore, S.C.; two sisters, Margaret Byrd of Winston-Salem and Wilma Boone and husband, Holt of Burlington; and a brother, Levi Byrd of Pittsboro; ten grandchildren, two step grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Thursday evening, August 23, at Lebanon Baptist Church.

Flowers will be appreciated or memorials may be made to The Gideons International Memorial Bible Program, Greensboro North Camp, P.O. Box 14242, Greensboro, NC 27415-4242 or Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405.

Online condolences may be sent to www.forbisanddick.com